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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1853-02-03.
Camp on the Darebin creek, Victoria ¶ 3 Febr 1853 ¶ Sir, ¶ ¶ As a highly esteemed promoter of botanical science throughout the world you will, I trust, Sir William, not without some interest receive ...
William Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1853-06-15.
Royal Gardens Kew ¶ June 15 1853. ¶ My dear Sir, ¶ ¶ Having been engaged lately in printing your interesting notes ¶ on the Australian vegetation, I was most agreeably surprised, a few days ago on r...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1853-10-18.
Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, ¶ ¶ 18. October 1853 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ ¶ The departure of his Excellency Governor Latrobe to England, an event which I deeply regret, affords me an opportunity of forwarding som...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1853-10-28.
bot . Gardens 28 [Oct] 53. ¶ Sir William ¶ ¶ Just before leaving Melbourne for my new journey, I observed that our solitary specimen of Cryptostemon ericaeus bears flowers again and I beg therefore t...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1853-11-21.
Victoria Range, ¶ 21st November, 1853 ¶ ¶ Encamped here, on a new botanical journey through this province, I observed for the second time within the last five years, a pretty little ¶ Stylidium ¶ ,...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1854-01-05.
Torrumbarrey, ¶ 5th January 1854 ¶ ¶ Being delayed here (on the Murray River) for a day, in order to recover some articles stolen from me while travelling lately to the junction of the Darling, ¶ a...
William Hooker to Charles Hotham, 1854-03-11.
Royal Gardens, ¶ Kew March 11 1854 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I should not venture to trouble you with the enclosed letter, if I felt that I was encroaching needlessly upon your valuable time either now, or on your a...
William Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1854-04-09.
Royal Gardens, ¶ Kew. Apr. 9. 1854. ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ I have two most interesting letters to thank you for, one bearing date "Victoria Range, — the 21 Novr 1853" ¶ M to W. Hooker, 21 November 1853. ¶...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1854-04-28.
Melbourne bot. Garden 28. April 1854. ¶ Sir William ¶ ¶ I can not deprive myself of the pleasure of directing a few lines to you, as his Excellency Mr LaTrobe promises with his usual kindness to deli...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1854-05-27.
Botanic Garden, Melbourne ¶ 27. May 1854 ¶ Sir William, ¶ ¶ The departure of a gentleman, who evinced much interest in our garden, to East India ¶ ¶ "per Madras" and thence home to England offers me...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1854-07-14.
Botanical Gardens Melbourne, ¶ 14. July 1854. ¶ Sir William. ¶ ¶ Your kind communication, dated 9. Apr 1854, reached me yesterday, and it would be difficult to say, with how much pride and gratificat...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1854-07-26.
Melbourne bot Gardens, 26 July 54 ¶ Sir William, ¶ ¶ I take an early opportunity to write to you again by the overland mail, to repeat my warmest thanks for your kind letters as well as for the unmer...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1854-08-03.
Melbourne, 3. August 1854. ¶ Sir William. ¶ ¶ Desirous of not neglecting any opportunity of adressing you, I have the pleasure of transmitting to you this few lines by the celebrated poet William How...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1854-09-22.
Bot. Gardens Melbourne. 22 September 1854 ¶ Sir William ¶ ¶ As the "Madras" is leaving our port again tomorrow I take an early opportunity of replying by the overland mail to your kind letters, conve...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1854-10-27.
Bot. Gardens, Melbourne, ¶ 27 October 1854. ¶ Sir William ¶ ¶ By the Great Brittain, leaving this harbour to morrow, I beg to forward to you a box with dried plants, being the remainder of those whic...
William Hooker to Charles Hotham, 1854-11-02.
Royal Gardens ¶ Kew. Novr. 2. 1854. ¶ My dear Sir Charles ¶ ¶ I have to thank your Excellency for your kindness in writing to me just before you left England & in the midst of all the hurry & bustle ...
William Hooker to John Foster, 1854-11-02.
Royal Gardens ¶ Kew. ¶ Novr 2 1854 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I hope that my position in this country, as the head of our principal Botanical Establishment, may be held as an apology for my taking the liberty of addr...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1854-12-16.
Omeo, 16. December 1854. ¶ ¶ After a prosperous journey over the central part of the Australian Alps arriving at this locality, I will occupy an leisure hour or two to acquaint you briefly with the b...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-01-22.
Buchan River, 22 Jan. 55. ¶ Sir William ¶ ¶ Since I had the honor of addressing you the last time from Omeo, ¶ I proceeded to the North-western branches of the Australian Alps, where I ascended all ...
John Moore to William Hooker, 1855-01-24.
24 January 1855 ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge the rect of your letter of the 2d Novr ¶ last on the subject of the Vegetable productions of this Colony, and suggesting that as the Government Bo...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-03-01.
Lake Wellington, Gipps land, ¶ March. 1. 1855. ¶ Sir William, ¶ ¶ Since I had the honor of adressing you (from Buchan 22 Jan. 55) when giving you a short account of the alpine vegetation of Mount Cos...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-04-05.
bot. gardens Melbourne ¶ 5. April 1855. ¶ Sir William ¶ ¶ Three letters ¶ of yours, which were received with much delight lay at present unanswered before me. The first of them came about a month ag...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-04-26.
Bot. gardens, Melbourne, 26 April 55 ¶ Sir William ¶ ¶ Being disappointed in getting all my alpine collections together by this ¶ time, I have been unable making up such a collection by the "Red Jac...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-05-09.
Melbourne, bot Gardens, 9. May 1855. ¶ Sir William, ¶ ¶ Having written to you three times ¶ during the last two months, I am chiefly induced to address these lines to you, to introduce Mr Balfour St...
George Francis to William Hooker, 1855-05-26.
Old Botanic Garden, ¶ Adelaide, ¶ South Australia ¶ May 26th, 1855. ¶ Sir,...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-06-28.
Bot. Gardens, Melbourne ¶ 28. June 1855. ¶ Sir William, ¶ ¶ I beg to enclose in this letter a bill of loading for a box with narrowly packed specimens, shipped to you this day per Francis Henty. I ho...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-07-12.
[Sydney, 12 July 1855] ¶ ¶ This will probably be the last letter which I shall have the honour of addressing to you for a long time, since I have now definitely accepted the appointment of Botanist f...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-07-22.
On board the ¶ Monarch ¶ , off Moreton Bay, 22 July 1855 ¶ ¶ In a former letter ¶ addressed to you, I had only time to inform you that I was on leave of absence for eighteen months, without support...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1855-09-03.
On board the "Monarch" 3 Sept. 1855 ¶ Sir William. ¶ ¶ In a very few days we expect to reach our destination at the Victoria River, and as our attention then will be fully required to disembark our h...
Carl Wilhelmi to William Hooker, 1855-12-31.
[...] ¶ ¶ Your letter of the 12th of June, together with the books and seeds for Dr Mueller I received thro M. G. McGillivarey ¶ Esq on the 15th of November 1855. ¶ ¶ Most likely you will have hear...
William Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1856-01-04.
Royal Gardens, Kew. ¶ Jan. 4. 1856 ¶ My dear Dr Mueller. ¶ ¶ Two days ago your most welcome letter of 3d Septr, ¶ written as you were on the point of quitting the "Monarch," to undertake your arduou...
William Hooker to John Ball, 1856-01-12.
Enclosure ¶ Copy ¶ Royal Gardens Kew ¶ Jan 12th 1856 ¶ Sir...
William Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1856-02-02.
Royal Gardens, Kew ¶ Feb. 2. 1856. ¶ My dear Dr Mueller, ¶ ¶ Where or when this will reach your hands, I do not know: — but I send it through the best channel, through the Colonial Office. I wish you...
William Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1856-02-05.
Royal Gardens, Kew. ¶ Feb. 5th 1856. ¶ My dear Dr Mueller ¶ ¶ I think it is only 2 or 3 days since I wrote to you. ¶ But to day on going to the Admiralty, they said to me, "have you any commands for...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1856-06-18.
Main Camp on the Victoria River, ¶ 18 June 1856 ¶ Sir William, ¶ ¶ Prepared to leave in Mr Gregory's party this camp again within a few days, I am anxious to avail myself of the only opportunity, whi...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-01-19.
Melbourne 19. Jan 57. ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ A friend of mine Mr Bates going home by the Suez-line next month promised to be kind enough to deliver a parcel of books for you. ¶ — ¶ ¶ He is a gen...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-02-01.
Melbourne 1 Febr 1857 ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ Just returned from a flying visit to my sisters ¶ and prepared to return to Sydney again, I am anxious to despatch a few lines, in order to repeat a f...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-03-??.
¶ [...] ¶ ¶ In conclusion to this happy communication I thank you, Sir William, most heartily for your kind promise to inform me through your assistant of any incorrectness in my manuscript or rathe...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-03-06.
Sydney bot. gardens 6. March 57. ¶ My dear Sir William, ¶ ¶ Since the last weeks engaged in putting the botanical specimens into order, which were obtained during the latter part of the North Austral...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-03-13.
Sydney 13. March 1857 ¶ My dear Sir William, ¶ ¶ Having forwarded to you 30 letterpages ¶ by the "European" I intend principly to introduce through these lines to you my friend Dr Elsey, who has bee...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-04-06.
Sydney, 6 April 1857. ¶ My dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ It is with feelings of the utmost grief, that I commence this letter, to inform you first of all, that altho' the Messenger at last arrived, one of th...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-04-11.
Sydney bot. Garden 12 April 57 ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ The supplementary mail for Europe is just closing. Yesterday I forwarded to you a long letter containing I think some bot. information not wit...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-05-18.
Sydney bot. gardens ¶ 18 May 1857. ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ Mr Flood desires me at the eve of his departure for Europe for few introductory lines to you, which I give so much more readily as he will...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-05-20.
Sydney bot. Garden ¶ 20 May 1857 ¶ Sir William. ¶ ¶ Desirous of communicating to you regularly by the mail, I shall forward a few lines again, and apprize you of the close of my labours in Sydney. Th...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-06-11.
Melbourne, bot. garden, 11. June 1857 ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ Only yesterday I had the pleasure of recieving your kind letters dated Febr. 2. and Jan 4. 1856, both having missed us when forwarded b...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-06-21.
Botanic Garden Melbourne ¶ 21. June. 1857 ¶ (private) ¶ My dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ With the Governments Despatch bag I had the honor of forwarding to you with this (the "European's" mail) two letters, ...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-07-15.
Melbourne bot. Garden 15. July 1857 ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ Your very kind letter ¶ was joyfully recieved this evening, being forwarded from Sydney by His Excellency Sir William Denison. Not heari...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-07-21.
Melbourne bot. Garden ¶ 21. July 1857 ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ With these lines I beg to introduce to you a particular friend of mine Mr P. Ramel, a gentleman, who always evinced a great taste for h...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-08-??.
[August 1857] ¶ Pinus desirable for the Melbourne ¶ bot. garden...
Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-08-10.
Melbourne bot Garden, 10. Aug 1857. ¶ My dear Sir William. ¶ ¶ No European mail having arrived since the despatch of my July letters, I have but little to communicate. Even little botanically, for th...

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